Palette-knife and brush supporter



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. A. S. CAMPBELL.

PALB'IITL KNIFE A ND BRUSH SUPPORTER. N6. 637,660. 113666666661661. 9, 1666.

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ARTHUR S. CAMPBELL, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PALETTE-KNIFE AND BRUSH SUPPORTER.

stencil-remmen forming part of Letters Param No. 337,660, dated Maren 9, ieee.

Application led January l5, 1886. Serial No. 188,619. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known I, ARTHUR S. CAMPBELL, of Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PalletteKnife and Brush Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled i/n the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in paletteknife and brasa supporters.

The object is to provide a support which may be readily and securely attached to paint or ink cans, and which will. when so attached, support a paletteknife and brush, one or both, in a position to drip into the can.

A further object is to provide a support 'which shall be neat in appearance, and which can be manufactured at a slight initial cost.

/Vith these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accomi'ianying drawings, Figure l is a View of the support in position for use, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section.

A represents a supporting-standard. It is provided with a' longer leg, a, and a shorter leg, a', which legs are separated by a narrow slot, B, adapted to receive the edge of a paint- .cau,C,asshown. Thelongerleg.a,issupposed, to rest in contact with the outside ot the can, and the shorter leg, a', with the inside of the can. To secure the standard in position on the can, a setscrew, b, is provided, which Works in a threaded perforation, C, in the longer leg, and is adapted to impinge against the,V

portion of the can located in the slot B.

In the upper end of the standard there is a narrow slit, c, formed, extendingT radially from the axis of the can, in which slit are secured the lower ends of a' pair of spring-arms, D. Ihe arms D graduallyseparate from each other as they extend upwardly, and form a rest for the blade of a palette-knife. The blade, when slightly pressed downwardly between the arms D, is clamped in position by their spring-pressure against its sides.

To support the handle of the knife, abracket-like rest is formed, preferably ot' a single piece of wire, E, one end of which is set firmly in the standard A near its upper end. From thence the wire extends outwardly in nearly a horizontal direction a distance offour inches, more or less, to snit the sizes of knife and brush for which itis intended, where itis bent to form a pair of diverging loop-branches, e. It is then returned to the lowerportion ofthe standard, making a half-twist around the horizontal portion and curving downwardly and inwardly t-o the point, where its end is firmly set in the standard. The handles, knife, and brush will restsecurely between the said loopbranches e, while the blade of the knife and the end of the handle to which the brush is attached will rest between the spring-arms D. The drippings from the end of the knife and brush are thus allowed to fall back into the can; the handles of the knife and brush are kept from becoming soiled; a convenient place to lay the knife and brush, when not in use, is always at hand, and the rest may be removed from and applied to cans of various sizes and shapes without any appreciable waste of time.

It is evident that the shape and size of the spring-arms D, the wire-rest E, and thestaudard A might be changed, and that the wirerest might be made in two or more pieces, instead of one, and ofother material than wire, without departing from the spiritand scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a paletteknife and brush support, the combination, with a standard adapted to be secured to the edge of a can or pot, ot a handle-rest attached to the standard, substantially as set forth.

2. In a paletteknife and brush support, the combination, with a standard adapted to be removably secured to the side of a paintre ceptaele, and provided with diverging arms for the reception of a knifeblade or brush, of a handle-support attached to the standard, substantially as set forth.

3. In a palette-knife and brush su-pport, a bifnrcated standard adapted to embrace the edge of a can, and provided with a pair of ICO spring-arms set in its upper end, adapted to receive the knif'e or brush, or both, Substantially as set forth.

4. In a palette-knife and brush supporter, 5 the combination, with a bifurcated standard having a longer and a. shorter leg, and provided with a pair of diverging,` springermsset in its upper end. and with aset-serew forlocking it to a can, of a. handle'support secured to 1o the standard, substantially :is set forth.

5. In a palette-knife and brush supporter, the combination, with standard adapted to be removably secured to a paint-receptacle,

of a bent-wire bracket extending outwardly from the standard and provided with a pair I5 of branches adapted to receive the handle of n, knife or brush between thern, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this speeication in the presence of two subscrib- 2o ing witnesses.

ARTHUR S. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

ALBERT O. BROWN, EDWINF. JONES. 

